| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: September 20, 1987 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 73426 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 63 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Stacy Robinson 5 pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 46 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Thornton Chandler 1 pass from Danny White (Roger Ruzek kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Mark Bavaro 1 pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 43 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 28 FG | 16 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gordon Banks |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 75 | ROT | Phil Pozderac |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 34 | FB | Herschel Walker |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 99 | LDT | Kevin Brooks |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 50 | RLB | Jeff Rohrer |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 40 | SS | Bill Bates |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 38 | RCB | Ron Francis |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Lionel Manuel |
| 81 | WR | Stacy Robinson |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 61 | ROG | Chris Godfrey |
| 66 | ROT | Bill Roberts |
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 44 | RB | Maurice Carthon |
| 20 | RB | Joe Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Eric Dorsey |
| 64 | NT | Jim Burt |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 58 | LOLB | Carl Banks |
| 52 | LILB | Pepper Johnson |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 25 | LCB | Mark Collins |
| 48 | SS | Kenny Hill |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 27 | RCB | Herb Welch |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 17 | 27 | 1.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morris | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Adams | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 38 | 23 | 60.5 | 4 | 276 | 7.3 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 52.0 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 4 | 219 | 6.1 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 45.7 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Gordon Banks | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Rod Barksdale | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Thornton Chandler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Mark Bavaro | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Stacy Robinson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Lionel Manuel | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Phil McConkey | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bill Bates | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Everson Walls | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Victor Scott | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Terry Kinard | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 69 | 0 |
| Lawrence Taylor | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 54 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Gordon Banks | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 12 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Phil McConkey | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Lavette | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Darryl Clack | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Lee Rouson | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| George Adams | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Mike Hegman | 1.0 |
| Jeff Rohrer | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| Jim Burt | 1.0 |
| Kenny Hill | 1.0 |
| Leonard Marshall | 1.0 |
| George Martin | 1.0 |
| Lawrence Taylor | 1.0 |
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